Brooks Lyrette

@broonix

Software engineer based in Canada. I spend my days building things at Tailscale and my evenings pretending I'm better at guitar than I am. Big hockey fan. Occasional blogger.

I've been writing software professionally for nearly two decades working on mobile, backend, and infrastructure. This blog is where I put the thoughts that are too long for a post but too short to just keep in my head.

Career highlights

Current · Tailscale
Member of Technical Staff
Building a new layer on top of the internet
Owner.com
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Helped independent restaurant owners compete with the big chains online.
GlossGenius
Staff Software Engineer
Built tooling for beauty and wellness professionals.
Wingocard
Staff Software Engineer
Staff engineer at a fintech startup building mobile banking and financial literacy tools for teens.
Qlik
Software Engineer
Founding member of the Usability Acceleration team; led frontend development of a Cognitive Visual Analytics.
InVision
Lead Software Engineer
Built and improved design and collaboration tools used by teams worldwide.
Amazon
Software Development Engineer
Built the iOS and Android clients for Alexa Communications.
dotSUB
Chief Technology Officer
First engineering leadership role — built the team and the platform from the ground up.

Full history on LinkedIn →